“In the atoms economy, which is to say most of the stuff around us, things tend to get more expensive over time. But in the bits economy, which is the online world, things get cheaper. The atoms economy is inflationary,… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
“Even after most cultures established monetary economies, day-to-day transactions within close-knit social groups, from families to tribes, was still mostly without price. The currencies of generosity, trust, goodwill, reputation, and equitable exchange still dominate the goods and services of the… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
“Where numbers only represent real things, you don’t need a number to express the absence of something. It is an abstract concept and only… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
“Eastern mysticism embraced both the tangible and the intangible, through the yin and yang of duality. The god Shiva was both the creator and… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the very word “zero” has Indian origins: The Indian word for zero was sunya, meaning “empty,” which the Arabs turned into sifr. Western… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
“So everything is an algorithm now. And just as every Google search uses its algorithms to produce a different result for each person searching,… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
“professional journalists who are seeing their jobs evaporate are typically those whose employers failed to find a new role in a world of abundant… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
“In the atoms economy, which is to say most of the stuff around us, things tend to get more expensive over time. But in… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
“But when you want to mark a number on an abacus, what do you do if there are no stones in a column? The… — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
“2. Atoms would like to be free, too, but they’re not so pushy about it.” — Chris Anderson Copy Share Image
